Latest Articles in Politics
March 8, 2010
by Jon Stonger
How to Fix the Deficit, Pt. 1 - The Fun Stuff

Part one of our two part series on fixing the deficit focuses on legalizing the fun stuff.

February 2, 2010
by Jon Stonger
The Super Bowl vs The State of the Union

One is a venerable American institution. The other is a speech.

December 28, 2009
by Alex Knapp
The Detroit Bomber and the Post-9/11 Mentality

The recent attempted bombing in Detroit highlights the failure of the military approach to fighting terrorism.

December 17, 2009
by Jon Stonger
Where Are Angry Mobs When We Need Them?

In the old days, when fatcats and politicians abused their authority, you could count on an angry mob to take them out. We could still use them today…

October 12, 2009
by Jon Stonger
No Refuge From Nanny

Anti-smoking forces are now working against people enjoying a smoke in their own homes.

July 24, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Is Barack Obama An American Citizen?

Those who claim that Obama is a citizen rely too heavily on the metaphysical premise that reality is perceivable and knowable.

June 21, 2009
by Jon Stonger
What Makes a Revolution Work?

As the world waits to see the end result of the protests in Iran, it’s useful to see how successful previous revolutions have been at bringing freedom to their peoples.

May 25, 2009
by Jon Stonger
The End of Liberty?

The trends of modern society are careening civilization into a world of less privacy and less liberty. And there’s not much we can do about it.

May 20, 2009
by Alex Knapp
Bring Back Donatism!

President Obama could learn a lesson from the Donatist heretics in how to handle government officials who were involved in the torture of detainees.

May 4, 2009
by Brian Knapp
R.I.P. Corporate America

In this dark hour, we remember the good times and the bad, the successes and failures, the rise and the fall, the life and the death, of Corporate America.

April 6, 2009
by Jon Stonger
Pretending To Be Capitalist

Both the Democrats and the Republicans are, to varying degrees, socialist, corporatist, and militarist.

March 19, 2009
by Tom Traina
Accidentally Effective Activism

Why market manipulation might be the most effective tool of social change ever tried.

March 8, 2009
by Jon Stonger
Becoming a Socialist Nation

Despite the cries that President Barack Obama is turning the United States into a “socialist country,” the fact is that it’s been that way for years.

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